Design for Living (1933)

Cast

Gary Cooper
as George Curtis
Edward Everett Horton
as Max Plunkett
Jane Darwell
as Curtis' Housekeeper
Isabel Jewell
as Plunkett's Stenographer

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Genres & Description

Action Comedy Romance

7.6 / 10

Two Americans sharing a flat in Paris, playwright Tom Chambers and painter George Curtis, fall for free-spirited Gilda Farrell. When she can't make up her mind which one of them she prefers, she proposes a "gentleman's agreement": She will move in with them as a friend and critic of their work, but they will never have sex. But when Tom goes to London to supervise a production of one of his plays, leaving Gilda alone with George, how long will their gentleman's agreement last?

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PaperCup

Where/how can I watch this movie, please? (Tris Acof's offering has a built-in migraine inducing light; in the comments someone recommended the Criterion Collection version, but this brief clip is all I can find.) Does one have to pay to view or subscribe? - @Tuesday, May 2, 2017 1:21 PM

Jonathan Rigler

One of my favorite blind buys! I love pre-code cinema! - @Saturday, June 15, 2013 5:12 AM

Squirrel

love the dry humor - @Sunday, April 29, 2012 1:19 PM

Kimalysong

Love this movie. Thank you Criterion for releasing it. It was probably my favorite release of 2011 - @Saturday, January 7, 2012 7:48 PM

Vincent Low

is this a movie ? it looks really interesting. - @Tuesday, December 20, 2011 9:31 PM

Glass Darkly

Bought it on Blu-ray this week and watched it last night. What a delight! My only reason is Lubitsch, but there's plenty of gravy to go with that. As I said to my wife about it, the only thing that doesn't feel modern about it is how witty it is. - @Saturday, December 10, 2011 12:31 PM

ElachimArtist

Can't wait to see it! Then Broken Lullaby and I've seen them all, them gorgeous Lubitsch talkies! - @Friday, December 9, 2011 11:13 PM